Last week, Merck announced its intention to spin-off products from its Women’s Health, legacy brands, and biosimilars businesses into a new, yet-to-be-named, independent, publicly traded company. According to Merck, “NewCo will pursue global leadership and focused, sustainable growth in Women’s Health led by the growing and patent-protected NEXPLANON (etonogestrel implant)…
Last week, Almirall signed an agreement with WuXi Biologics to collaborate on multiple bispecific antibodies targeting dermatology conditions, including atopic dermatitis. Almirall’s press release indicated that, “[u]nder the terms of the agreement, Almirall has access to WuXi Biologics’ proprietary antibody platforms including WuXiBody™ to discover multiple novel bispecific antibodies.” This…
Yesterday, Immunex, Amgen, and Hoffmann-LaRoche (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed a complaint in the District of New Jersey against Samsung Bioepis alleging patent infringement under the BPCIA based on Samsung Bioepis’ submission of an aBLA for a biosimilar of ENBREL® (etanercept). As we reported yesterday, Samsung Bioepis recently received FDA-approval for that product,…
The U.S. FDA has approved ETICOVO™ (etanercept-ykro), Samsung Bioepis’s biosimilar of ENBREL®, for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis in patients aged 2 years or older, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and plaque psoriasis in patients aged 4 years or older. These are the same indications for which…
Lupin recently announced approval in Japan to manufacture and sell an etanercept biosimilar, YLB113. YLB113 is approved to treat moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis. YLB113 will be marketed in Japan by a joint venture between YL Biologics Limited and a Lupin subsidiary. This marks Lupin’s first…
On September 25, 2018, the 10-day bench trial came to an end in the Immunex v. Sandoz patent litigation under the BPCIA concerning Sandoz’s Erelzi™ (etanercept-szzs) biosimilar. As we previously reported, prior to the start of trial, the Court had entered a stipulation of infringement of certain asserted claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,063,182 (“the ‘182 patent”)…
As we have previously reported, the Immunex v. Sandoz patent litigation under the BPCIA concerning Sandoz’s Erelzi™ (etanercept-szzs) biosimilar is scheduled to begin trial today before New Jersey District Judge Claire C. Cecchi. Yesterday, prior to the start of trial, the Court entered a stipulation wherein Sandoz stipulated to infringement of…
Lupin Ltd. and Mylan N.V. both issued press releases today announcing a collaboration to commercialize a biosimilar to Amgen’s Enbrel® (etanercept). Mylan will commercialize Lupin’s proposed etanercept biosimilar in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Africa and most markets throughout Asia. According to the press releases, Lupin successfully completed its…
Today, in the Immunex v. Sandoz patent litigation under the BPCIA concerning Sandoz’s Erelzi™ (etanercept-szzs) biosimilar, New Jersey District Judge Claire C. Cecchi issued an order that trial will commence on September 11, 2018. (Trial had originally been slated to begin this month.) The Court also ordered the parties to…
Last Friday, Japanese company Mochida Pharmaceutical with Korean company LG Chem announced that it has received sales approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare on its etanercept biosimilar (marketed by Amgen as ENBREL®) for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis. LG Chem has a…